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Thursday July 31, 2014
Books in July
- The Black Box by Michael Connelly [read by Michael McConnohie]
Harry Bosch presses on with his cold cases and finds one that involves a murder he picked up much earlier in his career, during the riots of 1992. The body of a female journalist was found in an alley and at that time Harry was forced to hand over the case to the Riot Crimes Task Force, knowing that it would never be solved.
- The Lewis Man and The Chessmen by Peter May
I can't believe I waited so long to read the rest of this trilogy when
I was so impressed with the first one. Yet it was April 2013 when I
read The Black House - and immediately downloaded the second in the
series - but did not read it. Anyway having got the taste for them again,
I read both in quick succession.
It was hard to see how he could make sequels (and continue to set them on the islands) after the first story but the crafting of the stories is great - and like the first book they contain interesting historical detail combined with the elements of a detective thriller. Really excellent books - shame that's it for these characters. 
Corporate
Bodies
Bill Nighy as Charles Paris gets a lucrative opportunity to work on a corporate media piece - and finds a body... as well as getting his own share of the action in the shape of a general "roughing up" through to attempts on his life.
The characters and dialogue are very well written, and the experienced cast are very at ease with their roles in these humerous versions of the Charles Paris books..
Posted by Christina at 10:08 AM. Category: Books of the Month
